Slightly misjudged the composition of these two Class 100 two car diesel multiple units paused at Ashburys with a Manchester Piccadilly – Rose Hill service, 3rd July 1976. The leading unit is formed of Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M50350 and Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) M56105 which has been downgraded to all second class.
Unit History
Forty power/trailer two car sets were built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co to this design in two batches making them rather rare. Twenty nine sets were for the Scottish Region (allocated to Leith Central) and eleven sets for the London Midland Region (allocated to Longsight) although the first nine Scottish Region sets were initially loaned to the London Midland Region. The Scottish sets were displaced at the end of the 1960’s with the majority being transferred to Norwich, however withdrawals commenced in 1972 and continued at regular intervals throughout the 1970’s. The survivors in the latter years could found in the Manchester area as Norwich dispensed with the class by withdrawal or transfer as fast as it could. M50350 is still paired here with its original partner M56105 and entered service in September 1957. M50350 was withdrawn in November 1981 and broken up in November 1982. M56105 would last in service longer than its partner and was not withdrawn until July 1983 and was broken up in May 1984.
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